President Biden Nominates Julie Su for Secretary of the Department of Labor

Today, the White House announced that President Biden intends to nominate Julie Su to serve as Secretary of the Department of Labor.

A long-time immigrant rights advocate and labor leader, Julie Su spent 17 years as a civil rights attorney representing workers, including 72 Thai garment workers who were trafficked into the US and forced to work behind barbed wire and under armed guard. She also previously served as Labor Secretary for the State of California.

President Biden had this to say:

“It is my honor to nominate Julie Su to be our country’s next Secretary of Labor. Julie has spent her life fighting to make sure that everyone has a fair shot, that no community is overlooked, and that no worker is left behind. Over several decades, Julie has led the largest state labor department in the nation, cracked down on wage theft, fought to protect trafficked workers, increased the minimum wage, created good-paying, high-quality jobs, and established and enforced workplace safety standards.

Julie is a champion for workers, and she has been a critical partner to Secretary Walsh since the early days of my Administration. She helped avert a national rail shutdown, improved access to good jobs free from discrimination through my Good Jobs Initiative, and is ensuring that the jobs we create in critical sectors like semiconductor manufacturing, broadband and healthcare are good-paying, stable and accessible jobs for all.

I look forward to continuing to work with Julie to build an economy that works for working people, and I respectfully ask the Senate to take up this nomination quickly so that we can finish the job for America’s workers.”

Huge congrats to Julie Su!

IE